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Tag: Thriller

Sisters by Daisy Johnson – a gothic masterpiece for our times

23rd November 2020  Rebecca Clark

Daisy Johnson’s second novel, Sisters, is a haunting tale of sibling love and resentment, a gothic masterpiece brilliantly brought to life.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Books, Daisy Johnson, gothic, Jonathan Cape, Penguin, Review, Shirley Jackson, Sisters, Thriller

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – a brilliant, compelling portrait of a broken family

29th September 20192nd November 2019  Carla Plieth

Having killed her previous boyfriends as acts of ‘self defence’, will Ayoola’s fourth suitor live to tell the tale? Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Women’s and Booker Prize long listed novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, makes for fiendishly wicked reading, says our contributor Carla Plieth.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Booker Prize longlist, Man Booker Prize, My Sister The Serial Killer, Nigeria, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Penguin, Penguin Random House, The Booker Prize 2019, Thriller, Women's Prize

The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts

22nd January 201923rd January 2019  Ishita Ranjan

After the mysterious disappearance of a toddler, past events involving siblings Laurel and Primrose resurface. Our arts contributor, Ishita Ranjan, reviews Alice Clark-Platts’ gripping crime thriller, The Flower Girls.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Alice Clark-Platts, Bloomsbury Fiction, Book Review, Crime, Fiction, Raven Books, The Flower Girls, Thriller
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